Creepy Crawler Insect Insights

Book Description

This Element is an excerpt from Curious
Folks Ask 2: 188 Real Answers on Our Fellow Creatures, Our Planet,
and Beyond (9780137057399) by Sherry Seethaler. Available in
print and digital formats.

Spiders, flies, butterflies, and beyond: why
insects are way more fascinating than you ever imagined!

Just as we humans have individual, sometimes
unusual, tastes–such as liverwurst, Jell-O with shredded
carrots, and stinky cheeses–our eight-legged friends have
theirs. Although spiders mostly dine on whatever prey comes their
way, some find mosquitoes particularly tasty. One species, from
East Africa, seems to have a special preference for female
mosquitoes that have recently dined on blood…